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Thurgoona and Wirlinga Community Understanding & Knowledge Of September 2013 Thurgoona and Wirlinga Community Understanding & Knowledge of Biodiversity Dr Shelby Gull Laird Dr Rosemary Black Charles Sturt University Institute for Land, Water and Society School of Environmental Sciences Abstract The Thurgoona and Wirlinga region of New South Wales is expected to grow to over 50,000 people in the next 30 years. This growth will mean that the area will transition from a rural setting to a more urban environment. The associated changes CONTACT will impact biodiversity and available habitat, particularly for key threatened species. Dr Shelby Gull Laird This shift from more open grassland to suburban housing with fenced and Dr Rosemary Black manicured lawns means that many species will be confined to habitat in planned corridors and reserves. Charles Sturt University This research project collected and summarized baseline data about how the Institute for Land, Water and Thurgoona and Wirlinga community residents understand and value biodiversity in Society School of Environmental their own neighbourhoods. The ability to explore community knowledge and Sciences attitudes about biodiversity and conservation before projects or education initiatives are conducted (and in this case before population growth) is a rare one. Ph:02 6051 9764 This baseline data could ultimately lead to more effective on the ground projects Email: [email protected] that take into consideration local values and target increases in local knowledge on Email: [email protected] biodiversity. P.O. Box 789 ALBURY NSW 2640 AUSTRALIA Prepared for: Albury Conservation Company www.csu.edu.au/research/ilws Background The Thurgoona and Wirlinga area has been identified as having important conservation values and there is a need to balance urban development while protecting and enhancing threatened species and their habitats (Albury-Wodonga Development Corporation, 2004). The Thurgoona and Wirlinga population is projected to grow to over 50,000 people in the next 30 years (RPS, 2012). This growth will mean that the area will transition from a peri-urban to urban environment. The associated changes will impact biodiversity and available habitat, particularly for key threatened species such as the squirrel glider. This shift from more open grassland to suburban housing with fenced and manicured lawns means that many species will be confined to habitat in planned corridors and reserves. Looking at neighbourhoods with varying levels of urban development has allowed researchers (Smallbone, Luck & Wassens, 2011) to show the relationship between various species in southeastern Australia and level of urbanization and socio-economic levels in different neighbourhoods. Smallbone, Luck and Wassens (2011) found that resident’s socio-economic status greatly influenced the vegetation cover in a neighbourhood, and therefore the quality of habitat for species such as amphibians. Carefully placed nest boxes are commonly used to increase suitable habitat for sugar gliders and squirrel gliders in urban areas (Durant, Luck & Matthews, 2009), particularly when paired with specific vegetation and over time. Although habitat area could be increased through targeted native landscaping or nest boxes placed in gardens these sorts of strategies require community engagement and residents’ understanding of the importance of biodiversity. Research suggests that socio-economic factors can influence vegetation levels and biodiversity in neighbourhoods through time. Understanding temporal and socio-economic relationships through the processes of urban development can help to increase vegetation habitat in neighbourhoods (Luck, Smallbone & Sheffield, 2012). Luck et al. also suggest that a greater “Understanding [of] the complex interactions among the natural, built and socio-economic characteristics of urban neighbourhoods, and householder behaviour, is important to achieving successful conservation outcomes in urban areas and improving neighbourhoods for both human and non- human residents.” (2012, p.9). This understanding of socio-economic factors influencing biodiversity and conservation outcomes is crucial in a world that is becoming increasingly urbanized. This study provided a unique opportunity to obtain a baseline set of data about how the Thurgoona and Wirlinga community understands and values biodiversity in their own neighbourhoods. The ability to explore community knowledge and values about biodiversity and conservation before projects, education initiatives or other interventions are conducted (and in this case before population growth) is a rare. The baseline data presented in this report may lead to more effective on the ground projects that take into consideration residents’ knowledge, values and behaviours. Methods In the initial funding application to the Albury Conservation Company (ACC) the researchers proposed an online survey of residents in the Thurgoona and Wirlinga area (Figure 1). Residents would have been advised of the survey by a mailed postcard and then follow up postcards would have been sent to all residents. Following the funding approval the researchers decided that an online survey would not be suitable for this sample for a number of reasons: this method would exclude households without the Internet and elderly people not familiar with computers and the Internet, and it would be too difficult to expect residents to take the postcard information and then complete the online survey. The researchers decided that a paper postal survey would be more appropriate for this sample. Ethics approval was sought and gained for this research from the CSU Human Ethics Committee for both the online survey and later for the variation to use a postal survey. 2 Figure 1: Census Districts of Thurgoona and Wirlinga Study Area (Image: Google Earth 2013) Survey questions were developed based on the Luck, Davidson, Boxall and Smallbone (2011) study, standardized instruments to determine people’s relationship with nature and other demographic data that could relate to their knowledge, attitudes and behaviours towards conservation issues. Draft surveys were distributed and pilot tested with a number of local conservation experts, employees of the ACC and other researchers. Changes were made to some survey questions and then they were pilot tested with 8 local Thurgoona residents and employees of the ACC. Once the survey questions had been finalised a survey booklet was designed and printed. Considerable effort was made to ensure the survey looked professional and interesting to the potential respondents with a photograph on the front cover of the survey (see Appendix A). The survey was accompanied by a covering letter addressed to the Resident (see Appendix B). As an incentive to complete the survey, survey respondents could opt to go into a draw for one of five $50.00 Woolworth vouchers. They could also volunteer to do a face to face interview following completion of the survey. If the respondents decided to go into the prize draw or volunteer to be interviewed they needed to provide their names and contact details. In these cases it was made clear in the survey that their names and contact details would be destroyed once the prize had been drawn and interviews completed. 1,988 surveys were distributed to all households in Thurgoona and Wirlinga by a private distribution service. Surveys were not delivered to houses that displayed ‘No junk mail’ which may account for approximately about 106 households, or 5.1% of all households. Surveys were distributed to all households in 13 ABS Statistical Areas (1117201-204,206, 209-212, 221, 223, 227, 228) (see Figure 1). It should be noted that survey respondents self selected to complete the survey and the sample of respondents may not be representative of the population of Thurgoona and Wirlinga. The survey data was analysed using R version 2.15.0 and descriptive statistics created. Pearson’s correlation coefficients were calculated to determine potential relationships between various data collected. Ten follow up semi-structured interviews were undertaken by the two researchers. Interviewees were randomly selected from the pool of volunteers from the survey. Interview questions (see Appendix C) were developed based on an analysis of the three open ended questions in the survey. Key topics and issues were identified from the survey results and selected for further exploration in the interviews. Interviews were conducted face to face and lasted 30 minutes to one hour in length. The interview questions focused on issues around why the interviewees had moved to 3 the Thurgoona area and why they thought others had moved there, why they thought many survey respondents had indicated that there is a need to protect biodiversity for future generations as well as for plants and animals, if they were aware of any local organisations that help protect biodiversity and the role of the Council, is there a way of balancing conservation and development, what they thought of the projected population increase in Thurgoona and Wirlinga to 50,000 over the next 50 years and what they thought they could personally do about the impact of development on biodiversity. The interview data were manually analysed using content analysis and identification of key issues and topics. It should be noted that the interviewees self selected to complete the survey and agreed to be interviewed. The interviewees may not be representative of the Thurgoona and Wirlinga population. Key findings Three hundred residents of Thurgoona and Wirlinga completed
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